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Combinatorics by Peter J. Cameron

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Combinatorics is a subject of increasing importance, owing to its links with computer science, statistics and algebra. This is a textbook aimed at second-year undergraduates to beginning graduates. It stresses common techniques (such as generating functions and recursive construction) which underlie the great variety of subject matter and also stresses the fact that a constructive or algorithmic proof is more valuable than an existence proof. The book is divided into two parts, the second at a higher level and with a wider range than the first. Historical notes are included which give a wider perspective on the subject. More advanced topics are given as projects and there are a number of exercises, some with solutions given.

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Books By Author Peter J. Cameron

This Second Edition of a classic algebra text includes updated and comprehensive introductory chapters, new material on axiom of Choice, p-groups and local rings, discussion of theory and applications, and over 300 exercises. It is an ideal introductory text for all Year 1 and 2 undergraduate students in mathematics.

This study of permutation groups has always been closely associated with that of highly symmetric structures. This book concerns such structures, their substructures and their automorphism groups. A wide range of techniques is used, including group theory, combinatorics, and Baire category.

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